Super Tuesday Showdown: Romney-Santorum Big Day
WASHINGTON (AP) — On the eve of their Super Tuesday showdown, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum strained for an edge in Ohio on Monday and braced for the 10 primaries and caucuses likely to redefine the...
View ArticleWith Two On Ballot, Virginia Is A Super Tuesday Snoozer
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — With high-energy Super Tuesday primaries elsewhere, Virginia Republicans expect a meager turnout for a primary ballot with only two names, a victim of the state’s rigorous...
View ArticleMassachusetts Republicans: Economy Is Top Issue
BOSTON (AP) – Less than half of voters in the Massachusetts GOP primary say former Gov. Mitt Romney’s ties to the state mattered somewhat or more to their vote, according to early exit poll results....
View ArticleRon Paul Urges Supporters In Idaho To Caucus For Him
NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul on Tuesday urged voters in Idaho to caucus for him on the promise of a smaller federal government, $1 trillion in federal spending cuts...
View ArticleIdaho Goes To Mitt Romney
BOISE, Idaho (AP) – CBS projects that Mitt Romney has won Idaho. Review more results here.
View ArticleMitt Romney Edges Rick Santorum, Takes Alaska On Super Tuesday
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Ron Paul was hoping Alaska would deliver on Super Tuesday. It did — for Mitt Romney. The former Massachusetts governor edged out Rick Santorum to win the Alaska GOP’s presidential...
View ArticleGOP Official: Candidates Getting Back On Message After Limbaugh Comments
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – As GOP presidential hopefuls continue to vie for their party’s nomination, the words and actions of conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh have forced the front-runners to...
View ArticleSantorum Takes Kansas, Romney Strong In Wyoming
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rick Santorumwon the Kansas caucuses in a rout on Saturday and Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney showed strength in Wyoming, a weekend prelude to suddenly pivotal...
View ArticleSantorum Takes Early Lead In Alabama Primary
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Rick Santorum took an early lead in Alabama’s presidential primary, with Newt Gingrich running second. With 15 percent of the precincts reporting Tuesday night, Santorum had 35...
View ArticleSantorum Campaigns In Missouri As Caucuses Begin
EFFINGHAM, Ill. (AP) — Rick Santorum on Saturday morphed his chief rival for the Republican presidential nomination into the incumbent Democrat both are fighting to unseat, calling the two...
View ArticleRomney, Santorum Head To Ill., Next Battleground
BAYAMON, Puerto Rico (AP) — Looking toward the critical primary in Illinois, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney wrapped up a shortened campaign trip to Puerto Rico on Saturday as he...
View ArticleGOP Operatives Expressing Concern About Romney, Santorum
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney may lead in delegates and Rick Santorum might have momentum, but neither of the two leading Republican presidential candidates is having an easy time exciting even his own...
View ArticleRon Paul Scheduled To Speak In College Park
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Texas Rep. Ron Paul is scheduled to attend a town hall meeting at the University of Maryland, College Park. Paul, who is seeking the GOP’s nomination to challenge President...
View ArticleRon Paul In Maryland: Candidate Has No Plans To Drop Out Of Race
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (CBSDC/AP) — Texas Rep. Ron Paul said Wednesday he has no plans to drop out of the Republican presidential race, despite the fact that he is way behind in last place in the four-man...
View ArticlePaul Supporter Questions Romney On ‘Skin Of Blackness’ Mormon Passage
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney faced a tough question about his Mormon faith while campaigning for Tuesday’s Wisconsin primary. A Ron Paul supporter asked Romney...
View ArticleRomney Takes Aim At Obama, Calls Him ‘Out Of Touch’ Liberal
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Mitt Romney is turning away from his primary opponents and toward Democratic President Barack Obama after sweeping three more Republican contests. The likely GOP nominee was set...
View ArticleNewt Gingrich And Ron Paul Staying In GOP Presidential Race
WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — Republican presidential contenders Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul are vowing to stay in the race even though Rick Santorum is not. Both men say they are the true conservative...
View ArticleRon Paul The Next Mario? GOP Candidate To Get Own Video Game
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – In a sign of how politics are affecting different forms of media, a Kickstarter project is promising gaming libertarians a video game based on one of their favorite politicians....
View ArticleRon Paul Video Game Character Modified Version Of ‘Mario Brother’ Villain
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – In a game dedicated to his hero Ron Paul, Daniel Williams has raised eyebrows of sharp-eyed gamers. It appears that the “Ron Paul: The Road to REVOLution” video game is actually...
View ArticleSantorum Wants Assurances From Romney Before Endorsement
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rick Santorum wants to ensure the GOP’s policy platform represents conservatives’ interests. Newt Gingrich wants help retiring his campaign debt and repairing his reputation. Both...
View ArticlePaul Wins Majority Of Delegates From Maine GOP
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — With Ron Paul forces at the reins, the Maine Republican Convention elected a majority slate supporting the Texas congressman to the GOP national convention, party officials said...
View ArticleDon’t Tell Paul’s Supporters The Primary Is Over
WASHINGTON (AP) — Don’t tell Ron Paul the Republican primary is over. He’s too busy mucking up Mitt Romney’s efforts to accumulate enough convention delegates to officially claim the GOP nomination for...
View ArticleFederal Inmate Gets More Than 40 Percent Of Vote In Primary Against Obama
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Just how unpopular is President Barack Obama in some parts of the country? Enough that a man in prison in Texas got 4 out of 10 votes in West Virginia’s Democratic presidential...
View ArticleRomney, Paul Supporters Turn Violent At Okla. State GOP Party Convention
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s State Republican Party convention turned raucous with supporters of Texas congressman Ron Paul taking the convention outside the Norman hotel where it was held after the...
View ArticleRomney Ready For GOP Bid After Texas Primary
CRAIG, Colo. (AP) — Mitt Romney is poised to clinch the Republican presidential nomination after Tuesday’s Texas GOP primary, a largely uncontested election that will formalize the former...
View ArticleRomney Takes More Than 100 Delegates On Big Night
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney has won more than 100 delegates while clinching the Republican nomination for president. The former Massachusetts governor claimed 105 of the 152 delegates at stake in...
View ArticleLa. GOP Divided Over National Convention Delegates
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The divvying up of the state Republican Party’s delegates to the national convention has melted down into a dispute between party leaders lining up behind presumed nominee Mitt...
View ArticleConservatives And Romney Work At Working Together
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservatives at the core of the Republican Party are coalescing behind likely GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney faster than expected after a punishing primary season in which they...
View ArticlePaul Backers Seek State Path To National Impact
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Ron Paul has given up on becoming president. Yet supporters still clinging to the slim-to-none hope of nominating the libertarian-leaning lawmaker could complicate Mitt Romney’s...
View ArticleOpinion: The RNC Must Allow Ron Paul To Speak At The Convention
U.S. Congressman Ron Paul, a Republican presidential candidate in 2012, has been met with a challenging controversy regarding his impending speech to be given at the Republican National Convention...
View ArticleGossip from Republican Convention In Tampa: Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich, Sarah...
Ron Paul hosted a beach party yesterday, Newt Gingrich has an entourage, and is Sarah Palin stripping at a night club in Tampa? 94.7 Fresh FM's Tommy Show has a source in Tampa dishin' up the gossip.
View ArticleOpinion: Ron Paul’s Legacy Deserves Better Than ’2012 Spoiler’
United States Representative Ron Paul of Texas, known best for his libertarian views, showed his superstar status on Sunday at a Paul Rally in Tampa, Florida near the Republican National Convention...
View ArticleGOP Electoral College Members Who Support Paul Threaten To Pass On Romney
WASHINGTON (AP) — At least three Republican electors say they may not support their party’s presidential ticket when the Electoral College meets in December to formally elect the next president,...
View ArticleGOP Elector Resigns, Says She Can’t Support Romney
Ames, Iowa (AP) - One of the Republican appointees to the Electoral College abruptly resigned from her post Thursday after publicly questioning whether she would support the party’s presidential ticket...
View ArticleRand Paul Calls For Gradual Cut In Aid To Israel
JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul on Monday called for a gradual reduction of American foreign aid, delivering the message in an unlikely venue — since Israel is among the top recipients of American...
View ArticleNew PAC Stirs GOP Rivalries, Renewed Tea Party Angst
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans’ struggles to redefine their party are intensifying, as tea party insurgents and establishment Republicans vie to control congressional primaries, and GOP leaders try to...
View ArticleRand Paul Considering 2016 Presidential Bid
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky says he is considering a presidential campaign in 2016 but will not make a decision before next year. Paul says at a breakfast sponsored by The...
View ArticleRon Paul: Benghazi Part Of Arms Deal To Al-Qaeda
WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – Speaking with Alex Jones on his Infowars talk radio show, former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul discussed a range of topics including the U.S. standoff with Syria and...
View ArticleRon Paul Endorses Cuccinelli in Va. Governor’s Race
RICHMOND, Va. — Ron Paul, the Republican former Texas congressman whose libertarian streak won enthusiastic adherents for his failed presidential campaigns, is endorsing Republican Ken Cuccinelli for...
View ArticleRon Paul: ‘End Torture, Shut Down The CIA!’
WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – Former congressman and libertarian leader Ron Paul is calling for the abolishment of the CIA, citing “horrific torture practices” and interrogation policies that have been...
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